Tag: Active Directory

# Test-ADCredential.ps1
CLS
<#
.Synopsis
Verify Active Directory credentials

.DESCRIPTION
This function takes a user name and a password as input and will verify if the combination is correct. The function returns a boolean based on the result.

.NOTES   
Name: Test-ADCredential
Author: Jaap Brasser
Version: 1.0
DateUpdated: 2013-05-10

.PARAMETER UserName
The samaccountname of the Active Directory user account
	
.PARAMETER Password
The password of the Active Directory user account

.EXAMPLE
Test-ADCredential -username jaapbrasser -password Secret01

Description:
Verifies if the username and password provided are correct, returning either true or false based on the result
#>
function Test-ADCredential {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [string]$UserName,
        [string]$Password
    )
    if (!($UserName) -or !($Password)) {
        Write-Warning 'Test-ADCredential: Please specify both user name and password'
    } else {
        Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
        $DS = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext('domain')
        $DS.ValidateCredentials($UserName, $Password)
    }
}

try{ $testADCredential = $null; $testADCredential = Get-Credential } catch { $testADCredential = $null;  }
if($testADCredential -ne $null) { Test-ADCredential -UserName "$($testADCredential.UserName)" -Password "$($testADCredential.GetNetworkCredential().password)"; }

pause; return;